Bharat Rakshak

Mohan G

Problem: A goat is tied up with a rope of unit length. How much goat can roam? (or if there is grass - how much grass the goat can eat). (Goat is also restricted to move in a space of given dimension(s)) If there are n dimensions the n-ball volume will be: http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/2/a/7/2a7...

Mohan G

Any float is better than nothing, but the banks also need to process huge number of low face value documents (such as tax challans of some types, court fees, land revenue challans, government scholarships for SC/ST/OBC kids). That said, PSU banks do want to become RBI agents. That gives them enormou...

Mohan G

^ About 'monies' being on the balance sheets of agent banks: I think the government receipts and expenses are reconciled daily (nowadays done over wire, if possible). So the excess daily receipts (receipt for the day - expenditure for the day) are parked with the agent for probably a day or two only...

Mohan G

MohanG, while RBI has been traditionally the banker to the govt, that role has been steadily wound down over the years. Many govt departments use commercial banks now for a lot of their operations - primarily SBI or one of the PSU outfits..The RBI's primary role is in terms of determining and execu...

Mohan G

The cooperative banks and societies often get direct budgetary support in terms of purchase of share capital. Programmatic support is provided for specific activities (example for Public Distribution System). Refinance support at low rates is provided by NABARD and other government institutions for ...

Mohan G

^^ Good post by jimmbswu Let me emphasize/clarify a few points. (1) The Central Bank does not need Government funds for its operations. If need be, it is allowed to 'create' money upto some predetermined maximum level for lending to other banks through its repo operations. In India, the RBI acts as ...

Mohan G

^ True. All I am saying is that government organizations should focus on their core responsibilities and if there are some tasks that can be done more efficiently by the private sector (including banks) then they should not do them. Ideally each task or chore the organization does should be reviewed...

Mohan G

The Issue of the Army managing its personnel's finance needs by indirectly or directly managing a bank\credit union whatever. I don't have very many positive words to say about Fund Managers and Bank Managers, however in the context of above question I do not think it is a good idea for government ...

Mohan G

^^ Not a guru by any chance, but let me say what I think. The bail amounts are largely upto the discretion of the judge/magistrate. They can ask for a higher bail amount from a wealthy person. More often, they will have some sort of a 'acceptable bail amounts' in mind for a particular type of offenc...

Mohan G

Maybe this should go on the other thread (Criticism of Army Methodology). However, I just saw an interesting comment on the Army Chief's views (cited above by Nitesh) by someone named depps (expressed on another blog ). He seems to be a serving officer. I hope some one can do anRTI and get a copy of...

Mohan G

^ Jagan, rohitvats I think there has been a change in the rules recently. While I have not seen the exact legal language of the actual contract, consider this: http://www.upscexam.com/upsc_examinations/combined_defence_services_cds/UPSC-CDS-Exam-I-Term-Coniditions.html ... c) Tenure of Appointment S...

Mohan G

SSC is a 5 years scheme. It is NOT my scheme. How do I argue with a man who thinks SSC is still a 5 year scheme? Living in the past... http://indianarmy.nic.in/career.html Short Service Commission You also have the option of joining the Army and serving as a Commissioned Officer for 10 years . At t...

Mohan G

Pallam Raju has been obviously "buying" his education!!! The honorary doctorate may be a little off, but the other part of his education seems fine. As for the MBA, even some of our industrialists (like Anil Ambani) have one from the US. But, really, do you need a doctorate degree for bei...

Mohan G

You could think of entry into IAS/IPS but there are only about a 100 unreserved seats each year in these cadres. Would entry at the DySP/DyCollector level (with seniority and pay protected) be worth considering?

Mohan G

^ No comments on Siachin. Unfortunately or fortunately I don't watch much TV. Coming to point, I am more interested in finding out what kind of guaranteed job are you considering for a person who has devoted (say) 5 years in SSC ? Could you give some more details? How many officers (approx) will lea...

Mohan G

^ Agree. I also feel odd answering 'can you stand in siachin' type arguments. The main issues were shortage of officers, SSC vs PC, and more specialization in officer cadre. Somnath has one idea. Other people haven't proposed their ideas. Ray C has suggested an SSC scheme with 'guaranteed commensura...

Mohan G

If criticizing some practices of the military is a sufficient qualification then please consider me too for the post of the defence minister :) BTW, the present defence minister seems to be neither from a political family nor uneducated. Though Pallam Raju is from a political family , he is definite...

Mohan G

^^^ I am sure the UPSC+SSB assigned me a better rank than it assigned you. But then anyone who dares to question you must be a reject ?? As I repeatedly point out, it is difficult to determine true 'merit' by an exam. So you may be more meritorious than I am. That does not mean I cannot point out th...

Mohan G

RayC, Turf wars is just one aspect, you focus on it to the exclusion of all others. There are counterbalancing factors: if you increase the age of retirement of civilian employees by 5 years you will indeed save money on pensions, but you will have a older workforce. If saving money were the prime c...

Mohan G

Ray C wrote:The policeman who took action against the terrorist is an ex Army man, while the others who cowered weren’t. That is what I learnt from the posts here on BR. A bad thing, is it? More should have died, right?

I did not know Kamte, Omble, the ACP in Taj, and others had a military service background!

Mohan G

Further, since you have not understood the issue, ex servicemen being employed in the police and quasi military forces, SAVES the Treasury (GOI) money in not having to spend money on training. In case you think training comes cheap, think again! IMHO, I know a little about public finances, in all l...

Mohan G

Somnath, Agreed. But then there are reservations for the officer corps also - in class A services of Punjab for example. And RayC advocates a 'guarantee commensurate job given after the contractual service' for SSC officers, which is another name for 100% reservation for these officers. If I underst...

Mohan G

^ And, needless to add, I am unhappy to get an impression that a 40 year old soldier will not be able to run a mile in under 6 minutes. Since you want to see videos, enjoy the video of a 46 year old man running a 4:16 (the World Record is held by (the then 25 year old) Hicham El Guerrouj at 3:43). F...

Mohan G

^^ Ok. I see you want to recruit the 'best' talent (based on some tests) with no reservations for the military, but at the same time want the ex-servicemen to be given reservations for their entry into civilian workforce. The logic that ex-servicemen need reservations because they are older is nonse...

Mohan G

^^^ Point 1: You have not addressed it. Why have reservations where there is no physical test ? Point 2: I am sad that you seem to give an impression the 40 year old soldier will not be able to meet the physical test for recruitment as ITBP constable. IMHO the tests are not that tough. I am sure, gi...

Mohan G

^^^ Point 1: Many competitions do not have a physical test requirement. So pure 'merit' should be sufficient. Point 2: Where physical tests are mandated (see ITBP constable entry physical test requirement on page 3), am I to suppose a 40 year old army soldier (who, you often remind us, stands guard ...

Mohan G

^^ Yes, the Service Chiefs and the Cabinet Secretary are in the same payscale. About Chairman, Railway Board see p 519 of the 6th CPC report: Status of Chairman Railway Board 7.36.8 Presently, the pay scale of Chairman as well as other Members of Railway Board is Rs.26000 (fixed). Traditionally, the...

Mohan G

^^ Chairman Railway Board's payscale is the same as that of Secretary to GoI List of Secretaries to GoI As you will note Shri Nair is on contract, post retirement. Principal Secretary is just a designation given to show he is somehow senior to other Secretaries. In fact, in terms of WoP, being of th...

Mohan G

ASPuar, I think the Lt Col issue is about to be resolved. There is some merit in upgrading the Brigadier rank, I do not know if anything else will change. Anyway with AVSC-II we will soon have a lot more General officers. About Lt Gen being equated with Principal Secretary to GoI, what can I say, is...

Mohan G

^^ Reservations ?

Mohan G

^^^ You didn't say anything about retired soldiers needing 'affirmative action'.

Mohan G

CLARIFICATION: The moderator may note that I am for 'affirmative action', and support such initiatives from the state governments. I am stating this to make it clear that I (or other posters) are not leading this thread into the direction of a criticism of the Army Methodologies, for which there is ...

Mohan G

^^^ You didn't miss anything. He has made that point earlier as well. And you didn't challenge him on his view at that time.

Mohan G

^^^ Do you mean to say a 25 year old civilian is more meritorious than a 40 year old soldier? It seems that the reservations are for all posts, not only for those that need physical tests. And I believe that an army soldier aged 40 years can pass the minimum requirements for the physical test for a ...

Mohan G

^ Kakkaji, There is reservation of seats for ex-servicemen in various cadres of central government. Reservations for Ex-Servicemen in Government Jobs The Central Government has reserved 10 per cent of Group "C" posts and 20 per cent of Group "D" posts for ex-Servicemen. Central P...

Mohan G

I remember some time back there were a few posts about the name for ASC. Today, I learnt the new name for ASC is “Sena Seva Corps”.

17. New Designation. The designation of the Corps has now been changed to “Sena Seva Corps”.

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Mohan G

Aid to Civil Authority in US - no questions heard about incompetence of civil authorities. Seven deaths, 4600 troops called to assist. LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (CNN) -- National Guard troops were going door to door Sunday in Kentucky, checking on families in the worst-hit areas of what Gov. Steve Beshea...

Mohan G

^^^ Here is the profile for the class of 2004 . It doesn't look much different from that of class of 2012. IIRC the reports of standards being lowered were for the subordinate soldiers, not for officers. I am not making a direct comparison, all I am saying is that if a quarter of US military officer...

Mohan G

^^^ RayC, You haven't answered one point. If everything was all right earlier, why did we have persistent shortage of officers even then? About ASC, their role is a supportive one. I do not understand why should the top cadets in NDA choose ASC. This is analogous to top rankers in civil services ign...

Mohan G

An interesting - though I would say a little pessimistic and long - account of West Point academy . I reproduce what that author says about the toppers: Just goes to show that what the Academy thought to be the 'best' material did not actually turn out to be so in the long run. That is why I am a l...

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